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SwissCham is delighted to invite you to the Sino-Swiss Business Awards 2019, where Sino-Swiss excellence is celebrated. The award ceremony is an occasion to honor and celebrate the ones who have fought for and promoted the development of Sino-Swiss Business the best.

For third time, SwissCham Singapore will honour Excellence in People & Skills Development. This Swiss Business Award was successfully launched in 2017 and attracted various entries from the business community in Singapore.

The escalating China-US trade war and rising protectionism continues to cloud the outlook for Chinese outbound M&A. However, China remains the deal driver for M&A in Asia as the country presents promising opportunities for local and overseas investors facilitated by national reforms, consumer behaviour upgrade, industry consolidation and transformation under the new model of economic growth.

By 2050, over 70% of the world population will be living in cities covering less than 2% of the earth’s surface. Never had city been so challenged and the trend continues to grow. And, this rise to many issues like rising inequality, environmental pollution, infrastructure access, traffic congestion, mobility, safety and health of residents are only a few examples.

DP World Yarimca, one of Turkey’s largest container terminals, joined the main international rail network and now serves as a link between China and Europe. Having started operations in Turkey’s İzmit Bay in 2015, DP World Yarımca is now connected to the country’s railway network, enabling the terminal to integrate with anywhere that is within the reach of Turkey as well as the Caspian Sea and China via the Kars-Tbilisi-Baku Railway.

The French container transportation and shipping company, CMA CGM, is enhancing its shuttle service in Morocco, offering its clients as of Sept.12 a new stopover in the southern Moroccan port of Dakhla.

Morgan & Morgan acted as counsel to Grupo Mercantil in connection with the registration of 104,760,961 common shares of its Panamanian holding Mercantil Servicios Financieros Internacional, S.A. with the Superintendency of Capital Markets of Panama for its negotiation in the secondary market, shares that have been also listed on the Panama Stock Exchange since August 22, 2019.

Economically, 2019 has been rough for the top three economies in Latin America: only .9% growth forecasted for Mexico, fears of recession in Brazil after two quarters of contraction and a 5.8% drop in GDP for Argentina in Q1 2019. On a positive note, Colombia’s GDP grew by 3% in Q2 2019, Peru’s GDP went up by 2.6% and Chile’s by 1.9%.